El­der­ly res­i­dents of Palmiste are call­ing on au­thor­i­ties to in­ves­ti­gate two pri­vate Montes­sori schools op­er­at­ing in their res­i­den­tial Block 1 com­mu­ni­ty, com­plain­ing of per­sis­tent traf­fic con­ges­tion and noise which they say have dis­rupt­ed their qui­et en­joy­ment of their homes.

Re­tired school prin­ci­pal Harold Ram­goolam, who lives di­rect­ly be­hind one of the schools, said the con­stant ac­tiv­i­ty has made it im­pos­si­ble for him to en­joy his prop­er­ty.

“The play­ground is just a few feet from my fence. There is con­tin­u­ous noise dur­ing school hours, ve­hi­cles com­ing and go­ing, and par­ents block­ing the road­way,” Ram­goolam said, adding that as a long-time ed­u­ca­tor he sup­ports ed­u­ca­tion but be­lieves it must be con­duct­ed in ap­pro­pri­ate zones.